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Part Three: Why does the Dalai Lama reject Darwinism?

by Denyse O'Leary

ARN correspondent

The Lama has no problem with evolution in principle. But he clearly
(though tactfully) rejects Darwinism (non-purposeful evolution) as an
explanation for the history of life on earth. However, he rejects it
for somewhat different reasons than many Christians do. He is not
troubled by the prospect that humans and apes may be genetic cousins
but he has three primary reasons for doubt.

First, he does not agree that the development of the universe is
random. Indeed, Buddhism places law or karma in precisely the place
where most Christians would put God. But the law of karma requires
causation rather than randomness. The Lama writes,

On Sep 2, 1:42?pm, Sound of Trumpet mailcan.com>
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You'd know about that, self-absorbed pisshead.

Egomaniacal pisshead V aol.com> wrote in
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Sot to SOT! LoL!

On Sep 2, 6:42 pm, Sound of Trumpet mailcan.com>
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Because he is a bloody idiot?

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Why should anybody care?

Sound of Trumpet wrote:

Bad karma.

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On Sep 2, 12:42 pm, Sound of Trumpet mailcan.com>
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Well, if you want ID advocates who are untroubled by (or at least able
to tolerate the idea of) humans being related to other primates, you
can find Michael Behe closer to home. He has stated that he accepts ...

The Dalai Lama is of course quite on the money here imho, and it's nice to
see that he still is able to be respectful of the scientists positions,
whilst significantly disagreeing with the majority on the issue of Darwinism
etc.

let's see how the athesists respond to his thoughtful and logical
contemplations on this subject .... ;-)

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On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 08:35:26 +1000, "Sean" blah.com> wrote:

When the Dalai Lama earns his degree in biology, then perhaps his
opinions will be worthy of consideration.

Respectful or not, he's just another ID-iot as far as I can see.